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MVN 16, 0745 (P118793)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Lineart (detail)

Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist Um 0745

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (gaba-ri)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) udu bar-gal2
2. 2(disz) udu bar-su-ga
3. 3(disz) masz2
4. kas4 ak iri
5. 1(disz) masz2 siskur2 ma2 bala-a kar-re-a
6. 1(disz) masz2 {d}USZ-ka-limmu2 e2-mah-a kux(KWU147)-ra
7. 1(disz) masz2 siskur2 ma2 ma2-da-ga-ta gen-na
8. 1(disz) udu bar-gal2 ki-su7 a-sza3 muru13
9. 1(disz) udu bar-gal2 ki-su7 igi-e2-a
10. 1(disz) udu bar-su-ga
11. 1(disz) masz2
reverse
1. u4-da gaba-ri-a a-sza3 me-en-kar2
2. 1(disz) udu bar-su-ga
3. a-sza3 i7 lugal
4. 1(disz) masz2 a-sza3 gu2-de3-na
5. 1(disz) udu bar-su-ga
6. a-sza3 a-ba-gal
7. siskur2 a-sza3-ga
1 line blank
8. ki usz-mu-ta
9. kiszib3 ensi2-ka
10. mu ma2 {d}en-ki ba-ab-du8

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Join Information:
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (gaba-ri)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: MVN 16, 745

[Waetzoldt1994MVN16] Waetzoldt, Hartmut, and Fatma Yıldız. 1994. Die Umma-Texte Aus Den Archäologischen Museen Zu Istanbul. Band II (Nr. 601-1600). Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 16. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: Ist Um 0745
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.02.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2011-07-22 at 13:44:25	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:22:16	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:22:00	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (037213) (037213)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 16, 0745 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P118793.

MVN 16, 0745 artifact entry (No. P118793). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P118793

MVN 16, 0745 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P118793 (Accessed: March 18, 2026).

@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-18]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 16, 0745 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P118793},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P118793},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
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LB  - CDLI:P118793
M1  - 2026/3/18/
TI  - MVN 16, 0745 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 16, 0745 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P118793.

MVN 16, 0745 artifact entry (No. P118793). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P118793

MVN 16, 0745 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P118793 (Accessed: March 18, 2026).

@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-18]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 16, 0745 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P118793},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P118793},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P118793
LB  - CDLI:P118793
M1  - 2026/3/18/
TI  - MVN 16, 0745 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P118793
ER  -